Tag: news
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Envisioning the Future
A joint statement from contributors to the Andean and Asian American collections, speaking on what Alternative Worlds means to us, what we hope folks take away from this, and what we’re grateful for.
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Introducing Scroll Cinema
Hey all! I’m happy to announce the beta launch of Scroll Cinema, a new visual editor for creating scroll-driven animated content — embedded right into AltSalt’s admin. Anyone who knows me is aware that I’m really into electronic literature. From the release of A Modern Ghost in 2017, to the development of Riveted in the…
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displacement.
A piece about the conflicting experience of being disconnected from cultures that have faced so much adversity and colonization. It is about feeling intrinsically connected to these cultures and yet being so displaced from them. i am a temple forged from sunan army of iron shimmers from itsgolden rays off a white crosslodged into the…
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Becoming Our Own Prayer
Created for the Asian American collection of Alternative Worlds. Called forth from the dreamers, healers,witches, womxn of our bloodlinewe are the beginning of a new story,no longer forced to migratebetween truths too small,stuck in someone else’s stomach.We are not only her aching bodywe are dawnwe are light breaking free.Our ancestors are at our back,in the rustling of trees and leaves.They’ve…
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First Letter to Art – Human Nature, Technology, and Blown Up Babies
Dear Art, I’m happy to be writing to you in this new format, in these times. I think it feels like taking a coat of fresh paint to refresh my perspective on things and what better way to do it than in a new platform like Zonelets? [Note: This is now on AltSalt, which is…
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Within the Fold
A short story about legacy, revolution, and obliquely, terraforming Mars. Also contains a dumpling recipe. ◇ ◇ ◇ The morning of the ritual, my fathers assured me there was no need to be nervous. One reminded me I would have all the time I needed. The other said nothing, only tugged gently on my earlobe,…
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“To Dream and Be Intentional” — Interview with Shirley Man-Kin Leung
This is the first in a series of posts to highlight members of the AltSalt community. First up we have Shirley Man-Kin Leung, a community organizer and yoga teacher based on traditional homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute nations (Northern Colorado), as well as organizer behind the Asian American collection for Alternative Worlds. In this series,…
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Alternative Worlds: The Andes and Asian America
◇ ◇ ◇ Echoes of our ancestors,Heard across time and space,We find the key to our futureAs we look into the past. ◇ ◇ ◇ Calling all Andean and Asian American folks! AltSalt is creating two multidisciplinary collections of work — and we want you to be a part of it. Who: Zinesters, writers, artists, designers,…
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The Coming Out Ring
Every year since my friend Bill committed suicide, his mother and I had exchanged Christmas cards. And I am one of those people who do holiday letters. As I have drifted apart from college friends, those annual missives are the only updates I get or give to them and some others in my life, including…
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Choclo y Chicha: a zine for (and from) the Andean Diaspora
Rima(y) Raíz is a community collective created by and for the Andean/Andinx1 diaspora community of the United States. Launched in 2018 in New York City and New Jersey, our collective now has members in California and Illinois. We are: Jamie San Andres, Claudia Urdanivia, Sandy Enriquez, Ben Kruse-Calla, Layqa Nuna Yawar, and Stephanie Barreto-Lastra, among others that come and go. Rimay…